Many consider him to be the greatest player in history and he is oftencompared to Nick the Greek, another player at high stakes.
His father, Nickolas, was a construction worker and had financial problems.Карас has escaped from the house in 15 years after the father, simply having lost reason,has beaten him a shovel.
Nicholas died four years later.Karas worked as a waiter on the ship, earning $ 60 a month until the ship arrived inPortland, Oregon.
He quickly became a good pokerplayer, bringing his bankroll to more than $ 2,000,000.
Instead of rethinking the situation andsettling down, he decided to head to Las Vegas in search of bigger games.
Káraz met a familiar Los Angelesplayer and persuaded him to lend him $ 10,000, which Archie quickly turned into $ 30,000,playing in Razz $ 200/ $ 400.